By David Tuller, DrPH UPDATE: I sent the following correction to Dr Choonara shortly after sending the letter of concern. Dear Dr Choonara: I wanted to make a slight correction in point #3 below. The first sentence should have read: "Why was the outcome of recovery not mentioned in the ...

By David Tuller, DrPH In recent weeks, the Norwegian tabloid Dagbladet has published a series of articles about ME, which it also calls CFS/ME. These articles have promoted the use of the Lightning Process as an intervention, criticized patients and the Norwegian ME Association for expressing opinions about the Lightning ...

By David Tuller, DrPH I have always made it clear that I pay attention when smart patients assess bad research. That's how I stumbled into this whole mess in the first place--by reading what patients were writing about the PACE trial. (In that case, I at first dismissed the concerns ...

By David Tuller, DrPH I have recently written a few posts--here, here and here--about a study in BMJ Paediatrics Open that appears to be marred by multiple methodological and ethical problems. This is certainly not a one-time occurrence when it comes to BMJ journals. Last week, I sent a letter to the study's ...

By David Tuller, DrPH In the past week, I have written three posts about a Norwegian study of cognitive behavior therapy plus music therapy for adolescents with chronic fatigue after acute Epstein-Barr virus infection--an illness known as mononucleosis in the US and glandular fever in the UK. The corresponding author ...